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Seventy-three per cent of Britons want a vote on the EU treaty By BENEDICT BROGAN - More by this author » Last updated at 00:52am on 10th December 2007 Comments More than two thirds of voters want Britain to either renegotiate the new European treaty or pull out of the union, a poll will show today. The survey is a blow to Gordon Brown's attempts to play down the significance of the constitutional agreement. It will also revive debate over the UK's role in Europe 72 hours before the reform treaty is signed in Lisbon. Scroll down for more... Gordon Brown is trying to play down the significance of the constitutional agreement The ICM pol…

It's the start of the end for the UK troops in Iraq :D Iraq to be given control of Basra Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that the Iraqi province of Basra is to be handed over to Iraqi control within two weeks. Mr Brown flew into Basra city on Sunday for a surprise visit to British troops. He broke the news as he addressed servicemen and women at Basra air station, having completed telephone talks with Iraqi Premier Nouri Maliki. The remaining 4,500 British troops in Iraq will now focus their efforts on training local Iraqi forces. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7135666.stm The faster the army gets out of Iraq, the better.

Now, look at this trading card game by Steve Jackson from 1995. Just a bit concerning, huh? I mean, look at those cards on display below.....look at the events!! Twin Towers, Pentagon, Hurricane and Tidalwave/Tsunami. Not saying there's anything in it but it sure gives you chills....:stunned: Just like when you see Neo's Passport in the film "The Matrix". Oh, and it's called Illuminati: New World Order :(

The Golden Compass Gets New Director Source: The Hollywood Reporter May 8, 2006 Chris Weitz, who originally wrote the screenplay for the first installment of Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy, The Golden Compass, has returned to the project to direct after stepping down last year. Director Anand Tucker, who had taken over for Weitz, recently left due to creative differences, but New Line Cinemas still hopes it will be ready for release on November 16, 2007. Having previously co-directed About a Boy and American Pie with his brother Paul, Weitz told The Hollywood Reporter: "Though I'm disappointed that New Line and Anand didn't end up seeing eye to…

Parents 'in denial' over their binge-drinking By MATTHEW HICKLEY - More by this author » Last updated at 00:45am on 8th December 2007 Comments Denial: People are drinking more than they would like to admit Millions of British parents are in denial over their binge-drinking, according to a study. Researchers used a newly-developed technique to measure alcohol intake by analysing tell-tale chemical traces in hair. While eight out of ten parents taking part claimed they drank less than the alcohol misuse limit of 60g of alcohol per day - equivalent to five or six drinks - in reality 43 per cent of samples showed otherwise. Of those who w…

Queen of the lurvie jungle: How Christopher Biggins can wave goodbye to years of z-list pantos by JENNY JOHNSTON - More by this author » Last updated at 22:03pm on 7th December 2007 Comments Joan Collins, Cilla... even Lord Bragg is fawning over him. And after winning I'm A Celebrity, Christopher Biggins is about to put years of debt and Z-list panto behind him... Maybe if you were fighting for professional survival against Basil Brush, you'd take your chances in the jungle, too. This time last year, when Christopher Biggins was invited to tread the boards in Aladdin at Nottingham - indeed, to direct the whole shebang - he was told by those who held the…

Obese at 8 months: the baby that already tips the scales at over 3 stone Last updated at 18:12pm on 5th December 2007 Comments (6) An eight-month-old baby boy in Jilin, Northeast China has tipped the scales at over three stone. Weighing 18.8 kg (41 pounds) and measuring 78 centimeters in height, he was born with a normal birth weight of 3.3 kg (7 pounds 4 oz). Scroll down for more pictures... The eight-month-old baby starting putting on extra weight when he was one month old However, he starting putting on extra weight when he was one month old, according to his parents. His mother nurses him more than 20 times a day because he ofte…

Season's beatings! Christmas TV soaps serve up violence and misery By PAUL REVOIR and CLEMMIE MOODIE - More by this author » Last updated at 22:52pm on 7th December 2007 Comments A crossbow killer, a double divorce, a suicide, a fatal car crash and a pre-wedding punch up. With such a tide of human misery it can mean only one thing. Yes, it's Christmas in Soapland. While the rest of us prepare for a period of good cheer, the TV serial writers have been cooking up storylines to ensure this festive season is the grimmest on record. Scroll down for more... Menacing: Kevin Wicks is confronted and threatened by Shirley Carter It's one thing tryi…

Welcome to the jungle: 'Celebrities' descend on Oz ahead of I'm A Celebrity Last updated at 16:17pm on 8th November 2007 Comments (8) It's a veritable who's who of former soap stars and television personalities, and ex-Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson led the list of arrivées who descended on Brisbane, Australia to take part in this year's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here which starts on Monday Former Hollyoaks babe Gemma Atkinson, who is in an on-off relationship with footballer Marcus Bent said after she touched down in Australia: "I'm looking forward to meeting some jungle hunks." Scroll down for more... Read more... Profiles: The full list…

It's going to be a very merry Christmas as Europe's biggest warehouse shifts three million bottles of booze a day Last updated at 15:37pm on 7th December 2007 Comments Booze is stacked from floor to ceiling in Europe's largest warehouse This is the amazing scene as Europe's biggest booze warehouse gears up for the festive season - shifting out THREE MILLION bottles of wine a day. The massive complex in Avonmouth, near Bristol, has one lorry crammed with pallets of booze leaving every seven minutes, 24 hours a day, to keep up with demand. Owned by Constellation Europe, brands like Hardys, Banrock Station and Stowells are shipped in from across the w…

Poll has Democrat trailing in Tenn. race NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Republican U.S. Senate nominee Bob Corker has pulled ahead of Harold Ford Jr. in one of the races that could determine whether the Democratic Party takes control of the Senate, according to a CNN poll released Tuesday. The survey of 541 likely voters found Corker favored by 52 percent, compared with 44 percent for Ford. The poll was conducted Thursday through Sunday by Opinion Research Corp. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 4 percentage points. If Ford wins, he would become the first black senator elected in the South since Reconstruction and the first black candidate elected in a major s…

Mourinho 'flies in for interview for job as England manager' Last updated at 10:19am on 7th December 2007 Comments (15) The FA's move to appoint Steve McClaren's successor appeared to have moved a significant step closer today amid rumours that bookmakers' - and fans' - favourite Jose Mourinho has flown to England for an interview. FA chief executive Brian Barwick is set to offer the former Chelsea manager, 44, a £6million-a-year deal, it was claimed today. It was reported the former Chelsea boss had arrived in the UK for an interview which, given his impressive CV and popularity among England supporters, would make him a near-certainty for the job. H…

Bloated Lisa Marie Presley now looks worse than Elvis Last updated at 16:51pm on 7th December 2007 Comments Her smouldering gaze and curled lip leaves no doubt that Lisa Marie Presley is every inch her father's daughter, but it now appears she's also inherited a few of Elvis' less appealing qualities. The 39-year-old looked bloated and dishevelled at a charity event in New York last night, where she closely resembled the King of Rock 'n' Roll during his demise. She was joined at the event by Priscilla Presley, who at 62, looked surprisingly more youthful than her daughter. Scroll down for more... Double take: a bloated Lisa Marie Presley now…

Asda and Sainsbury's slapped with multi-million pound fine for fixing the price of cheese Last updated at 17:02pm on 7th December 2007 Comments (17) A supermarket cheese counter Supermarket giants Asda and Sainsbury's have agreed to pay multi-million pound fines after they admitted fixing the price of milk, cheese and butter. The retailers are among a group of major supermarkets and dairies to admit colluding over prices and have agreed to pay combined fines of more than £116 million. Sainsbury's alone will pay watchdogs a settlement of £26 million. Other firms that have held up their hands in the investigation by the Office of Fair Tradin…

Here's one for the mc_squared file... SatLav service finds nearest public toilet * Claire Truscott * Guardian Unlimited * Thursday November 29 2007 Getting caught short in the centre of London is no fun. Trying to persuade a sympathetic restaurant manager into letting you use his conveniences will often result in the short shrift: "Toilets are for paying customers only." So a new text service, which promises to tell you where the nearest public toilet is in the City of Westminster, should be well received. The council's authority covers 8.5 square miles and encompasses nearly every popular shopping and socialising district of the capital. S…

Groups for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland: Group A: Switzerland, Turkey, Portugal, Czech Republic Group B: Austria, Poland, Germany, Croatia Group C: Holland, France, Romania, Italy Group of death :o Group D: Greece, Russia, Spain, Sweden

Handcuffed Woman Tased in Police Station http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8b3Z1lbHpo Kurt Nimmo TruthNews.us December 2, 2007 It should be obvious by now that cops and tasers do not go together. It appears far too many cops use the devices to electrocute people simply because they refuse to cooperate, not because they pose a threat to the officers. For instance, a woman was tased in a Sheffield Lake, Ohio, police station not because she threatened officers — in fact, she was restrained in handcuffs — but rather because she refused to “cooperate,” as the video at the left demonstrates. “Last November, [Kristina Fretter] was stunned with a Taser while in hand…

North American Union to Replace USA Human Events | May 19, 2006 by Jerome R. Corsi President Bush is pursuing a globalist agenda to create a North American Union, effectively erasing our borders with both Mexico and Canada. This was the hidden agenda behind the Bush administration's true open borders policy. Secretly, the Bush administration is pursuing a policy to expand NAFTA politically, setting the stage for a North American Union designed to encompass the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. What the Bush administration truly wants is the free, unimpeded movement of people across open borders with Mexico and Canada. President Bush intends to abrogate U.S. sovereig…

Outcry after Japan ends 44-year ban on humpback whale hunt Last updated at 22:54pm on 17th November 2007 Comments (9) Snared: Japan claims humpback populations are now 'recovering' A fleet of Japanese ships is setting sail today with orders to hunt 50 humpback whales, ending a 44-year worldwide ban on killing the rare breed. The whales had neared extinction before the ban was introduced but now Japan says it needs information for its "research" programme. The fleet has orders to harpoon up to 50 humpbacks, 935 Antarctic minke whales and 50 fin whales, in its largest ever "scientific" whale hunt in the South Pacific, which will run until mid…

I'm trying to make a data disc using a DVD-RW using the Sonic/Roxio software that came with my Dell Dimension 5150. It always used to work but now when I insert the disc the software still says that only 700Mb are free, as if it is a CD, even though I'm using a 4.7Gb DVD. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

I can't believe there isn't a thread already for the euro 2008 qualifiers. But San Marino vs Germany, with the germans winning 13-0 :shocked2: So... ...(this is why I hate starting discusion threads) ...Talk about the euro 2008 qualifiers. In other news, the world-cup final rematch was won by France 3-1 :)

Legendary US daredevil Evel Knievel has died at the age of 69, his granddaughter has said. Knievel had suffered ill-health, including diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis - an incurable lung condition - for several years. He underwent a liver transplant, after nearly dying of hepatitis C, in 1999. Knievel gained cult status performing death-defying stunts in the 1960s and 70s, including an attempted motorcycle jump over Snake River Canyon in Idaho. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7122258.stm R.I.P.

Puppy rescued from watering can Ted got stuck while playing in Jackie Paterson's mother's garden A three-month-old puppy had to be rescued after he got his head stuck in a metal watering can. Ted, a chocolate Labrador, got himself trapped in the can while playing in a back garden on Wednesday afternoon. Hampshire fire service's specialist animal rescue team was brought in to release Ted. They had to cut away the watering can using bolt cutters, after initial attempts to free Ted using a hacksaw blade failed. Anton Phillips, watch manager, said: "The watering can fitted like a glove around Ted's head and great care had to be taken to keep the pet calm. …

Amazon launches electronic reader that's tipped to spell the end of books Last updated at 14:59pm on 20th November 2007 Comments (1) It might not look much, but this device unveiled yesterday by Amazon.com could sound the death toll for the humble book. The Kindle electronic reader takes away the hassle of thumbing through a heavy paperback and forgetting what page you just read. The device will be able to download an e-book in less than a minute and uses a high-speed mobile phone network, rather than wi-fi, so you could even store a novel while sunning in the park. Scroll down for more... Amazon's Jeff Bezos introduces the Kindle Read m…

Premiership boss Harry Redknapp arrested in football bungs probe Last updated at 18:31pm on 28th November 2007 Police today arrested premiership manager Harry Redknapp after a high-profile operation into corruption in the game. The Portsmouth manager, who has been linked to the England manager's job, was seized in a pre-dawn raid along with Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric. Rangers midfielder Amdy Faye, agent Willie McKay and Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie were also held as 60 officers searched eight addresses across the UK. Scroll down for more ... Arrested: Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp, who is the leading English contender to replace …